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Gabriel Murphy
OLB
#59
Experience: R
Height: 6-2
Age: 23
Weight: 247 lbs
College: UCLA
Preseason
WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 08/24/2024 | @Eagles | W 26 - 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | 08/17/2024 | @Browns | W 27 - 12 | |||||||||||||
1 | 08/10/2024 | Raiders | W 24 - 23 |
Biography
COLLEGE - NORTH TEXAS/UCLA
- Played three seasons at North Texas (2019-21) before transferring to UCLA for the 2022-23 seasons.
- At UCLA, started all 26 games he played and posted 76 total tackles, including 20 for loss, 9.5 sacks, three passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
- In 2023, notched single-season career highs in tackles for loss (16) and sacks (8.0) and ranked sixth in the Pac-12 in sacks per game average (0.62)
- At North Texas, appeared in 24 games, making 15 starts, and recorded 71 total tackles, including 17.5 for loss, 11.5 sacks, three passes defensed, four forced fumble and one fumble recovery.